This is a complete scan of the manual for this lathe: [http://www.bloominglabs.org/downloads/AtlasLatheOperationManual.pdf.zip]. It's a 254MB download and is one PDF file. This manual is a good starting place as it covers a lot of aspects on machining and using the lathe.

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This is a complete scan of the manual for this lathe: [http://www.bloominglabs.org/downloads/AtlasLatheOperationManual.pdf.zip AtlasLatheOperationManual.pdf.zip]. It's a 254MB download and is one PDF file. This manual is a good starting place as it covers a lot of aspects on machining and using the lathe.

For additional material on the subject of running and using a lathe use these links. The MIT guide is a single page with a good overview of lathe parts and operations. The WE Williams site contains complete PDF's of older books on using lathes. I have two expensive classroom books which cover lathe work which I will provide to Bloominglabs members in the near future.

For additional material on the subject of running and using a lathe use these links. The MIT guide is a single page with a good overview of lathe parts and operations. The WE Williams site contains complete PDF's of older books on using lathes. I have two expensive classroom books which cover lathe work which I will provide to Bloominglabs members in the near future.

Revision as of 16:51, 26 March 2013

This is reference material for people interested in using our lathe. This material is collected here in order to assist a workshop on using the lathe as well as for people to teach themselves how to use this machine.

Contents

Diagram

This is a diagram of the parts of our lathe. Please note that this picture was taken before it was restored to full working condition. See that process here: Atlas_Lathe_Restoration.

Reading Material

This is a complete scan of the manual for this lathe: AtlasLatheOperationManual.pdf.zip. It's a 254MB download and is one PDF file. This manual is a good starting place as it covers a lot of aspects on machining and using the lathe.

For additional material on the subject of running and using a lathe use these links. The MIT guide is a single page with a good overview of lathe parts and operations. The WE Williams site contains complete PDF's of older books on using lathes. I have two expensive classroom books which cover lathe work which I will provide to Bloominglabs members in the near future.

Video Tutorials

These are free MIT videos which are a reasonable introduction to using a lathe. They are part of a 10 video series on machine tools, these are the lathe videos from this series. They each are about 45 minutes in length.